Magnar Solberg

Magnar Solberg
Association	Norway
birthday	February 4, 1937
place of birth	Soknedal, Sør-Trøndelag
Career
society	Heimevernsdistrikt 12, Trondheim
status	resigned
Medal table
Olympic medals 2 × 1 × 0 × World Cup medals 0 × 3 × 2 ×
winter Olympics gold 1968 Grenoble singles silver 1968 Grenoble Season gold 1972 Sapporo singles  Biathlon world championships bronze 1969 Zakopane singles silver 1969 Zakopane Season silver 1970 Ostersund Season bronze 1971 Hämeenlinna singles silver 1971 Hämeenlinna Season
World Cup balance

Magnar Solberg (born February 4, 1937 in Soknedal (now Midtre Gauldal ), Sør-Trøndelag province ) is a former Norwegian biathlete .

He won the gold medal over 20 km at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble and the silver medal with the 4 × 7.5 km relay. In 1972 in Sapporo , at the age of 35, he was again Olympic champion over the 20 km distance. He also won three silver and two bronze medals at world championships between 1969 and 1971 .

In 1968 he was honored with the Morgenbladet gold medal.

Until Solberg was replaced by the then 39-year-old Canadian skeleton driver Duff Gibson in February 2006 , he was the oldest individual winner at the Winter Olympics for 34 years from 1972.

Web links

• Magnar Solberg in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Database Olympics